Since 2008 he has performed in a splinter group, UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, which previously included the late rapper and trumpet player Astro until his death in 2021. Robin’s comments echo ...

and he went on to form a breakaway group UB40 Featuring Ali & Astro, much to the distaste of the original group. What ensued was years of bitter back and forth between the Campbell brothers ...

Co-founders Mickey Virtue and Astro joined Ali in the years that followed, with the trio naming their new group UB40 prompting a bitter dispute. And it seems the ill-feeling remains with Robin and ...

Reggae band UB40 with founding members Ali Campbell, and Astro and Mickey Virtue will perform Feb. 16 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s A&B Amphitheater and Yokouchi Pavilion. Tickets for ...

He doesn’t get boozed up every night!” Ali still performs live under the banner ‘UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell’. Astro, who died in 2021, also performed as part of the group (then called ...

Co-founder Mickey Virtue quit shortly after Campbell, while Astro also left the band in 2013 before his death in 2021. In a new interview with The Trawl podcast, UB40 members Robin Campbell and ...